Appropriations Request - Texas Department of Public Safety

3.A. STRATEGY REQUEST
8200 Regular Session, Agency Submission, Version 1
Automated Budget and Evaluation System orTexas (ABEST)
DATE:
TIME:
8121/2010
1:41:0IPM
Agency code: 405
Agency name: Department of Public Safety
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GOAL:
4 Regulatory and Agency Services
Statewide Goal/Benchmark:
5
OBJECTIVE:
Law Enforcement Services
Service Categories:
STRATEGY:
Training Academy and Development Service: 34 Income: A.2
Agc: 9.3
CODE DESCRIPTI,ON Exp 2069 £St20lO Bud 2011 BL 2012 BL 2013
Classroom and donnitory facilities serve as a staging point for emergency responses. The closing of the donn facility reduced the Department's response time to natural disasters
and increased the cost of lodging during regular training. This has a major fiscal impact for the Department and local agencies coming to DPS for training. To meet the training
needs of DPS and other law enforcement agencies, a new academy should be built. Physical fitness requirements enacted by statute, Texas Government Code 614.172, created a
need fOT a fitness unit. This unit provides lraining programs to all employees to meet these requirements, as well as, the physical training of all new troopers hired and certification
ofcommissioned employees who pass the requirements. This requirement came without funding to develop this unit.
ETR is working to identify altematives to the traditional class room setting such as e learning to reach employees in outlying areas. Limited resources, technology, and outdated
computer hardware/software impact this development. Changes in statute and court rulings require changes to course curriculum. New advances in equipment and technology
require evaluation and testing. Transnational criminals create new threats for Texas peace officers. ETR reviews major incidents to identify these tactics and training 10 meet this
constant changing threat Establishment of the Texas Fusion Center created a need to train and certify intelligence analysts. ETR is working with Intelligence and Counterterrorism
division to develop this training and certification
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